Vulnerability · Published Feb 3, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-42060
High 8.2
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 29% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)8.2High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 70.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in Insyde InsydeH2O Kernel 5.0 through 05.08.41, Kernel 5.1 through 05.16.41, Kernel 5.2 before 05.23.22, and Kernel 5.3 before 05.32.22. An Int15ServiceSmm SMM callout vulnerability allows an attacker to hijack execution flow of code running in System Management Mode. Exploiting this issue could lead to escalating privileges to SMM.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://www.insyde.com/security-pledge x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.insyde.com/security-pledge/SA-2022007 x_refsource_MISC
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220217-0015/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-306654.pdf x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/796611
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-306654.html